Criminal Justice News

Thursday, May 08, 2014

Heroin Dealer in Poplar Grove Area of Baltimore Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake
sentenced Isiah Robinson, age 27, of Baltimore, to 10 years in prison followed
by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession
with intent to distribute heroin.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the
District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Acting Special Agent in Charge William
P. McMullan of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives -
Baltimore Field Division; Commissioner Anthony W. Batts of the Baltimore Police
Department; and Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein.

According to his plea agreement and court documents, from
January to July 23, 2013, Robinson conspired with his father, Darryl Robinson
Sr., and others to distribute heroin from an open-air drug "shop" in
the Poplar Grove neighborhood of Baltimore. On a daily basis, the
co-conspirators bought heroin, stored the drugs at stash houses throughout
Baltimore City and packaged the drugs to sell on the streets. Isiah Robinson
personally sold heroin to customers in Baltimore City while also supervising
and directing other street-level dealers.

During the conspiracy, Isiah Robinson and others conspired
to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute at least a kilogram of
heroin.

Darryl Robinson, age 49, of Baltimore, a leader of the drug
trafficking organization, previously pleaded guilty to his participation in the
conspiracy and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the ATF,
Baltimore Police Department, and Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office for
their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States
Attorneys Clinton J. Fuchs and Scott Lemmon, who prosecuted the case.